Acta Orientalia

The reviewer's task is, for the most part, to compare the editions and evaluate the differences.Sharma's book starts with a Preface (xv-xxiv), mostly outlining the author's involvement with the text edited.In the Introduction (xxv-lii), he describes the manuscripts and previous editions of (and other text-critical work on) the Yuktidīpikā.Surprisingly he does not even mention that there is an English translation (Shiv Kumar and D. N. Bhargava: Yuktidīpikā.Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers, 1990-1992, in the Bibliography hidden among the 'Sanskrit Works cited in the present edition' , p. 364) -although he is fully aware of it, since he quotes from it (on p. ciii, giving the reference in footnote 2).I cannot really imagine that an editor -at least when facing a problematic or difficult passage, of which there are plenty in the Yuktidīpikā -would not check what the translators could understand from the text.Perhaps in order to justify the need for a new critical edition, Sharma emphasizes three criticisms in his description of W: (a) First, he thinks that the previously suggested emendations should have appeared in the apparatus.This is far from clear, since all those attempts were based on more limited manuscript sources.

Ferenc Ruzsa

Review of Sharma, Ramesh K. Yuktidīpikā. The Most Important Commentary on the Sāṃkhyakārikā of Īśvarakṛṣṇa

夏尔马，拉梅什·K.《Yuktidīpikā》评述：对《Īśvarakṛṣṇa的Sāṃkhyakārikā》最重要的注释

Peter Zieme

In memoriam Moriyasu Takao (1948–2024)

纪念高尾森康（1948–2024）

Mikhail Kizilov

Review of Golda Akhiezer. The Crimean Karaite Communities: History, Culture, and Leadership through the Early Twentieth Century

戈达·阿基泽著《克里米亚卡拉派社群：二十世纪早期的历史、文化与领导》评述

This paper examines the expression of homoerotic desire towards young boys and its metaphysical reflection, the shāhid-bāzī / naẓar-bāzī tradition, within Azeri Turkic Ṣūfī poetry. It comparatively analyses elements of this tradition alongside the contemplation of ephebe in Greek tradition. The shāhid-bāzī traces its roots back to the controversial prophetic saying known as ḥadīth al-ru’yah . Its precursors offer a wide range of images within the historical and religious-mythological contexts of Greek, Arabic, and Persian traditions. The paper argues that while the male beloved derived main metaphors from these traditions, Ḥurūfism, as an ideological undercurrent in Azeri poetry, added specific lettrist and calligraphic features to this depiction. The male beloved in Azeri poetry has been classified into several types, including Christian and Zoroastrian boys, Turkish warriors, cup-bearers, schoolboys, and adult beloveds. This paper explores the appearance and clothing of the male beloved, his primary metaphors, and explains the use of female epithets in the depiction of male beauty.

Aida Gasimova

A Path from Beholding Ephebe to Shāhid-bāzī: A Case Study of a Topos in Azeri Turkic Ṣūfī Poetry

从凝视少年到沙希德巴齐：阿塞拜疆突厥苏菲诗歌中一个主题的案例研究

This article traces the concept of forgiveness and related displays of mercy as enjoined by Zoroastrian scripture and exegesis and as displayed through the writings and actions of rulers and clerics. It connects those Zoroastrian themes to similar ones among ancient Greeks and medieval Manichaeans. Forgiveness emerges through this investigation as a central aspect of Zoroastrian piety and praxis, which the faith’s followers attributed back to Ahura Mazdā in his ascribed role as their creator deity. Therefore, as this analysis elucidates, Zoroastrians consistently held, exercised, and extolled forgiveness and mercy from ancient through medieval and even modern times, in their communities of Central Asia, Iran, and the Indian subcontinent.

Jamsheed K. Choksy

‘Forgiveness is Goodness’: Mercy as an Enduring Virtue in Zoroastrianism

“宽恕即善”：慈悲作为琐罗亚斯德教中的持久美德

Abbreviation	Acta Orient. Acad. Sci. Hung.
Journal Impact	0.16
Quartiles(Global)	HISTORY(Q3)

Publication Information	Publisher: Akademiai Kiado ZRt.，Publishing cycle: ，Journal Type: journal，Open Access Journals: No
Basic data	Year of publication: 2007，Proportion of original research papers: 100.00%，Self Citation Rate:0.00%， Gold OA Rate: 23.17%

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Review of Sharma, Ramesh K. Yuktidīpikā. The Most Important Commentary on the Sāṃkhyakārikā of Īśvarakṛṣṇa

In memoriam Moriyasu Takao (1948–2024)

Review of Golda Akhiezer. The Crimean Karaite Communities: History, Culture, and Leadership through the Early Twentieth Century

A Path from Beholding Ephebe to Shāhid-bāzī: A Case Study of a Topos in Azeri Turkic Ṣūfī Poetry

‘Forgiveness is Goodness’: Mercy as an Enduring Virtue in Zoroastrianism

Review of Sharma, Ramesh K. Yuktidīpikā. The Most Important Commentary on the Sāṃkhyakārikā of Īśvarakṛṣṇa

In memoriam Moriyasu Takao (1948–2024)

Review of Golda Akhiezer. The Crimean Karaite Communities: History, Culture, and Leadership through the Early Twentieth Century

A Path from Beholding Ephebe to Shāhid-bāzī: A Case Study of a Topos in Azeri Turkic Ṣūfī Poetry

‘Forgiveness is Goodness’: Mercy as an Enduring Virtue in Zoroastrianism

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